*****PRESS RELEASE*****
From: Fire Chief Brian Goss
Date: September 10, 2014
Subject: Press Release: Hazardous
Materials Incident near Moores Lane
POTENTIAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENT CLOSES
CROCKETT SPRINGS TRAIL AT MOORES LANE
CROCKETT SPRINGS TRAIL AT MOORES LANE
At approximately 5:20 p.m. yesterday, September 9th, the
Brentwood Fire & Rescue Department responded to a 911 call at the
intersection of Crockett Trail and Moores Lane.
The caller stated that she and her children had been exposed to a potentially
hazardous substance in Murfreesboro a short time earlier and were now
experiencing headaches and nausea. The
caller did not know the nature of the substance, only that they had been
evacuated from the Rutherford County Judicial Building due to a “strange odor.”
Fire & rescue personnel responded along with a representative
from the Williamson Emergency Management Agency. Upon arrival, crews treated the scene as a
hazardous materials incident given the potential for contamination. The patient, along with two small children, were
evaluated, decontaminated, and placed in an ambulance for transport. The occupant’s vehicle was sealed and
transported to Brentwood’s impound lot for safe storage pending identification
of the hazard. After a thorough exam,
the patients were released later in the evening.
Brentwood Fire & Rescue, Brentwood Police Department, and
Williamson EMA remained in contact with Rutherford EMA throughout the incident
for the exchange of real-time information.
Ultimately no evidence of dangerous materials was found at the court
house and the facility reopened for regular business at 7:30 this morning. The source of the odor remains undetermined.